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"You're glorifying a fictional murderer!" NO I'M NOT!!!!!!I'm sexualizing him.
Solas sharing Lore - Part 1
This post is focused on what Solas says about the lore of the world of DA series. It’s not about Solas as a character [although I would try to explore his nature as a way to understand the nature of the Elvhen and the spirits]. Since Solas is one of the living elvhen who knows the truth of what happened with the Evanuris and the Tevinter expansion after the fall of Arlathan, I consider his words one of the most valuable ones in the series. He does not lie, but omits what he doesn’t want to speak about or adds technicalities that make his statements true yet misleading if we don’t pay attention to the context. Unlike Flemeth, he speaks with less riddles, so I considered worth listing all the knowledge he shared with the Inquisitor in order to have a reliable information of how “the world” of Thedas truly works.
The list of topics related to the lore shared by Solas is
Dreamers and their powers
The Elvhenan and the Dalish
The Demon/Spirit Nature
Solas’ Personal quest [deeply related to Spirit’s nature and his own]
Solas’ nature
The Fade and the Veil
Magic
The Orb
The Evanuris and worshipping
Organisations/Institutions/Empires
The Blight and the Grey Wardens
Maker
Miscellaneous Knowledge
Trespasser Revelations
Solas sharing Lore: Part 1 - Part 2
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DESCRIBING THE PHYSICAL ATTRIBUTES OF CHARACTERS:
Body
descriptors; ample, athletic, barrel-chested, beefy, blocky, bony, brawny, buff, burly, chubby, chiseled, coltish, curvy, fat, fit, herculean, hulking, lanky, lean, long, long-legged, lush, medium build, muscular, narrow, overweight, plump, pot-bellied, pudgy, round, skeletal, skinny, slender, slim, stocky, strong, stout, strong, taut, toned, wide.
Eyebrows
descriptors; bushy, dark, faint, furry, long, plucked, raised, seductive, shaved, short, sleek, sparse, thin, unruly.
shape; arched, diagonal, peaked, round, s-shaped, straight.
Ears
shape; attached lobe, broad lobe, narrow, pointed, round, square, sticking-out.
Eyes
colour; albino, blue (azure, baby blue, caribbean blue, cobalt, ice blue, light blue, midnight, ocean blue, sky blue, steel blue, storm blue,) brown (amber, dark brown, chestnut, chocolate, ebony, gold, hazel, honey, light brown, mocha, pale gold, sable, sepia, teakwood, topaz, whiskey,) gray (concrete gray, marble, misty gray, raincloud, satin gray, smoky, sterling, sugar gray), green (aquamarine, emerald, evergreen, forest green, jade green, leaf green, olive, moss green, sea green, teal, vale).
descriptors; bedroom, bright, cat-like, dull, glittering, red-rimmed, sharp, small, squinty, sunken, sparkling, teary.
positioning/shape; almond, close-set, cross, deep-set, downturned, heavy-lidded, hooded, monolid, round, slanted, upturned, wide-set.
Face
descriptors; angular, cat-like, hallow, sculpted, sharp, wolfish.
shape; chubby, diamond, heart-shaped, long, narrow, oblong, oval, rectangle, round, square, thin, triangle.
Facial Hair
beard; chin curtain, classic, circle, ducktail, dutch, french fork, garibaldi, goatee, hipster, neckbeard, old dutch, spade, stubble, verdi, winter.
clean-shaven
moustache; anchor, brush, english, fu manchu, handlebar, hooked, horseshoe, imperial, lampshade, mistletoe, pencil, toothbrush, walrus.
sideburns; chin strap, mutton chops.
Hair
colour; blonde (ash blonde, golden blonde, beige, honey, platinum blonde, reddish blonde, strawberry-blonde, sunflower blonde,) brown (amber, butterscotch, caramel, champagne, cool brown, golden brown, chocolate, cinnamon, mahogany,) red (apricot, auburn, copper, ginger, titain-haired,), black (expresso, inky-black, jet black, raven, soft black) grey (charcoal gray, salt-and-pepper, silver, steel gray,), white (bleached, snow-white).
descriptors; bedhead, dull, dry, fine, full, layered, limp, messy, neat, oily, shaggy, shinny, slick, smooth, spiky, tangled, thick, thin, thinning, tousled, wispy, wild, windblown.
length; ankle length, bald, buzzed, collar length, ear length, floor length, hip length, mid-back length, neck length, shaved, shoulder length, waist length.
type; beach waves, bushy, curly, frizzy, natural, permed, puffy, ringlets, spiral, straight, thick, thin, wavy.
Hands; calloused, clammy, delicate, elegant, large, plump, rough, small, smooth, square, sturdy, strong.
Fingernails; acrylic, bitten, chipped, curved, claw-like, dirty, fake, grimy, long, manicured, painted, peeling, pointed, ragged, short, uneven.
Fingers; arthritic, cold, elegant, fat, greasy, knobby, slender, stubby.
Lips/Mouth
colour (lipstick); brown (caramel, coffee, nude, nutmeg,) pink (deep rose, fuchsia, magenta, pale peach, raspberry, rose, ) purple (black cherry, plum, violet, wine,) red (deep red, ruby.)
descriptors; chapped, cracked, dry, full, glossy, lush, narrow, pierced, scabby, small, soft, split, swollen, thin, uneven, wide, wrinkled.
shape; bottom-heavy, bow-turned, cupid’s bow, downturned, oval, pouty, rosebud, sharp, top-heavy.
Nose
descriptors; broad, broken, crooked, dainty, droopy, hooked, long, narrow, pointed, raised, round, short, strong, stubby, thin, turned-up, wide.
shape; button, flared, grecian, hawk, roman.
Skin
descriptors; blemished, bruised, chalky, clear, dewy, dimpled, dirty, dry, flaky, flawless, freckled, glowing, hairy, itchy, lined, oily, pimply, rashy, rough, sagging, satiny, scarred, scratched, smooth, splotchy, spotted, tattooed, uneven, wrinkly.
complexion; black, bronzed, brown, dark, fair, ivory, light, medium, olive, pale, peach, porcelain, rosy, tan, white.
So it truly begins
Gutted the first chapter cuz it didnt flow right. Oh man this is crazy, but also fun?
Time to write this thing 17 different ways till I find one that flows properly
4 almost 5 years wow. I’m really glad I didn’t post chapter to chapter cuz what I had doesn’t feel right at all. The story I started IS NOT at all what I have now!
New beginning, New romance, NEW EVERYTHING ..... I Commissioned art that doesn’t even work now. LUL as much as I love the ship its just NOT working for the story and it changed completely.
Writing is crazy but I love it. Still going, one day I’ll get it finished and posted. One day. <3
“A solid form is both shackle and strength. It affects more than you imagine.”
writer’s block (dry) = no desire to write, no ability to write (bearable)
writer’s block (wet) = HUGE desire to write, no ability to write (very evil)
writer's block (damp) = no desire to write, HUGE opportunity (very annoying)
- “You weren’t wrong, though.” - “Thank you, Cole.”
I finally got the dai mod to make the companions talk like every minute when your out and about, and I’m noticing sooo much more Solas foreshadowing like—
Solas, in the Emerald Graves: The Emerald Graves have changed soooo much since I was here last :)
Blackwall, 5 minutes later: Last time I was in the Emerald Graves was 10 years ago and it looks Exactly the Same
And then there’s me realizing this was probably definitely purposeful by the writers like:
“Well said. Perhaps I was mistaken.”
mythal’s favorite
The Rotunda and the Fresco
On the mural, all messere would say is, “Skyhold is her fortress. These are her actions.”
Ok, one more thing I want to add to the whole Solas/Inquisitor narrative parallels topic, because there’s so much to it and I just keep remembering stuff, is how the post credits scene with Flemeth also mirrors the last scene with Solas in Trespasser, in which the Inquisitor basically takes Solas’ place. One of the few examples that are actually kind of confirmed by BioWare, as Patrick Weekes hinted at this in an old interview from 2016 (at around 19:18).
Again on the cover art parallel though, I think it’s funny how some people in the comments were like “Dude stole our move!”, when.. I mean, technically, it wasn’t even really “our move” to begin with, since Dude was actually the first one to show us how it’s done. lol
Also, I’ve mentioned this before, but the fact that this orchestral piece that’s playing in the cinematic while the last visual is shown, is so reminiscent of DAI’s main theme, yet another layer to emphasize all this.. Love it! <3
So.. I know we’re all drooling over Absolution right now, because ohh was that delicious!! But. Guys. Literally all week long I kept thinking about what this reminded me of…..
Like.. I could’ve sworn I’ve seen this before…….
…somewhere…
….this image…
…..this pose…
…..and it just dawned on me….
That’s… that’s a coincidence.. right?
We’re not.. we’re not gonna read anything into this, right?
Okay, so due to a number of great responses to this post, I kinda feel the need to clarify (and granted, I think I did a poor job at implying that I was joking and putting additional thoughts into tags 😅), I DO NOT think this is in any way coincidental, nor that we shouldn’t read anything into this, because that’s exactly what we should do here actually and also definitely BioWare’s intention. 😂 In fact, I don’t think there has ever been anything coincidental about DA’s visual language, but I digress. lol
As people have perfectly pointed out in the comments here, and it should be absolutely clear to anyone who’s paid a little attention by now that, yes, Solas and the Inquisitor are meant to be narrative foils. Just like these visuals mirror each other, so does the entire theme of Inquisition mirror Solas’ story of becoming the Dread Wolf. Just a person who happened to save people and in doing so, is forced to become a symbol to worship. The Inquisitor’s story is history in the making written by the Chantry’s narrative, just like Solas’ story was written by the Evanuris’ narrative, only that in *his* case, everything ended in tragedy, it happened centuries ago and now, this is all history remembers. His story has long been forgotten and completely reshaped over the ages. And now, history recalls himself as nothing but a deceitful monster.
“They call me the Dread Wolf, what will they call you when this is over?”
“Every great war has its heroes. I’m just curious what kind you’ll be.”
Take any of these lines from Trespasser:
“Ordinary guy saves people. Accidentally founds religion.” (- Varric when hearing about Fen'Harel’s story)
“Worship makes you more. He just wanted to help.” (- Cole)
“You also know the burden of a title that all but replaces your name.” (- Solas to the Inquisitor)
Take the entirety of the “The Dawn Will Come” scene and Solas’ reaction to it, how he instantly recognizes what’s happening, people starting to sing canticles and kneel before you and it’s in this very moment that Solas looks at the Inquisitor and knows “You’re gonna be what I was”.
Take the essential reason for why Solas paints the frescoes in the rotunda in the first place.
Take this whole conversation.
Take the parallels between Solas’ situation and what the Inquisitor experiences during “In Hushed Whispers”.
Take this post.
The very fact that DA4 is now even titled “Dreadwolf”, which in a way, is a direct response to the previous title “Inquisition”. Inquisitor and Dread Wolf. They are two sides of the same coin.
And it’s not just Inquisition, it’s a theme that’s conveyed throughout the entire series.
It’s not only the way how practically every codex entry or historical record in the entire series is written from someone’s personal point of view or multiple sources, it’s also Varric’s retelling of Hawke’s story to Cassandra, it’s everything about Ameridan’s story, Solas’ comment on the vastly different recollections of the events at Ostagar in the Fade depending on who’s memories you look at. It’s everywhere. It’s all the “unreliable narrators” and different perspectives. In the end, the question always stands, who to believe? What is the truth?
And while we’re at it, there’s something else I’d like to point out.
Because if we take all of this and especially that one quote of Varric “Ordinary guy saves people. Accidentally founds religion.” and the well-known lines “He did not want a body, but she asked him to come. He left a scar when he burned her off his face.” even further and take another look at *any* of the ancient elves or the sentinels in Mythal’s temple…
…I think the fact that, if you were to put Mythal’s vallaslin on Solas’ face, put him in that same armor, in that same crowd and he would blend in like a chameleon is also NOT a coincidence. He doesn’t just look similar to them, he looks just like them. Regardless of whether he was one of Mythal’s favorites or something, he WAS one of the People before he “became” Fen’Harel. That one “ordinary guy” in a million who, just like the Inquisitor, just happened to become that symbol when he saved his people and they started to worship him, even though he tried anything he could to prevent that.
The question is though, is there anything we can read into this beyond all that?
The Inquisitor saved the world by closing the rifts with the mark (and defeating Corypheus) as it’s depicted on the cover. In Tevinter Nights, Solas claims that whatever he’s going to do will “save this world”. If the entire world is sooner or later inevitably going to be consumed by the Blight or red lyrium or whatever and it’s proven that the Veil is getting weaker and *will* eventually come down at some point, no matter what… Who’s even able to tell anymore who the real “hero” or “villain” of this story actually is?